Trap Tags

[joefromeldonmo]

do away with tags and engrave on the baseplate your name and address works here and makes it alot easier to get your traps back from a theftdo like the conservation number would be alot less work with the engraver on new traps

[foxpro14]

agreed 100%...

[crazycatfisher]

I have name address and phone #, but some of them are on coni ground and I have to.

[bwana]

From Redbeard....do you have to have your full address on the tag, or can you just have you're name,city,state on it?
When I trapped near a heavily populated area, I asked the Conservation Officer that exact same question...for the reasons Stryker777 stated above.
Conservation asked if my name was in the phone book, I told him that it is, he stated that my name and phone number was good enough for him. Note - This may not be good enough for another agent somewhere, so I would ask first.
Well, took about two seconds to figure out that if my name and number are in the book, anybody has my address anyway. So my tags are three lines, name, and full address.

This idea using our Conservation I.D. number is a great idea. I'm waiting to buy new tags until we see if this will work.

Name, Cell phone number, and Conservation I.D. number is all I want on my tags.....And all that is needed as far as I'm concerned. Let me know how I can help push this.
I don't engrave my traps, But I stamp my initials on my traps, on the baseplate somewhere.

[bigbob]

It's been brought up before and rejected because they claim it will make checking for the owner of the trap too hard in the field.

[mocatmancb]

shouldnt make it too hard. they all have a laptop in the vehicle with them, and they dont leave the vehicle much. that's probably why my traps have never been checked by an agent. how would they check one without undermining your set. if he went along flipping your traps to read the name on every one that would really be pushing the limit. would be in violation of hunter harrassment laws. these laws apply to law enforcement personnel as well, don't they? please tell me y'all's "checked by the warden stories" and let me know how this all goes down. if an agent ever sees my name, city, and state, scratched into a peice of beer can, i'll let ya know how that goes. according to the wildlife code, it's perfectly legal.

[joefromeldonmo]

have never had a trap checked while it was set but have had them look a few over when they have seen me getting ready and one time had four sets tampered with and was proving they were mine because of the "tag" i engrave the baseplates with my name and adress.